Questions tagged [keybindings]
Pertaining to the settings which define what a key press on the keyboard will do.
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Cocoa Text System Extension
I started using the Compose Key feature of Cocoa Text System. This is the feature that allows this keyboard behavior in most applications: Option ⌥ + u + u == ü Option ⌥ + - + > == → Option ⌥ + <...
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How to solve a keyboard shortcut conflict between the Finder and Word for Mac on Sonoma or later?
I have a conflict between Finder and Microsoft Word with the key combination Shift + Command + D. Finder uses it to open the Desktop window and this prevents me from using this shortcut to toggle Dark ...
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Unable to map keyboard like I could in previous macOS versions ...?
On my ancient 2014 macbook pro, I could map control-minus and control-equal to switch to the next desktop on the left or right, respectively. However, it doesn't seem like this sort of thing is ...
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key remapping tool that can handle Cmd+Tab in both directions
User has RSI and is keyboard poweruser. On windows, using AutoHotkey, the user replaced 3 finger (that cramps hand a lot) Alt+Shift+tab and Alt+tab with using LControl and RControl and shift keys. ...
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The ⌥ button in Sequoia 15.3.1 Clears Desktop and I can't seem to change it. How did it get this way, and what to do?
No matter how I change Keyboard Shortcuts, my Option key always clears the desktop (puts all the windows up against the sides). I can still, sometimes, use the shortcuts that require Option, but ...
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Bind "Open Link” in TextPad and “Services > Open URL” in Keynote to Control-K
Is it possible to use Karabiner-Elements to bind "Open Link" in TextPad and "Services > Open URL" in Keynote to Control-K? TextPad:
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How can I check which application a shortcut key is assigned to?
I'm hacking with Emacs and trying to bind the key Control+Alt+f to some function. But instead of taking effect on Emacs, resizing windows happens. After testing, I find out the following shortcut ...
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Installed Karabiner, now getting § instead of tilde/backtick
Happy New Year everyone! MBP 14 M3 Pro with all recent updates. US English layout. This all started because I wanted to map LOpt + ijkl to arrow keys so that I didn't have to move my right hand from ...
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How to lookup keybinding translation across input sources
I have an application that binds a menu item to trigger on ⌘]. When I set the US input source, I press ⌘] in order to trigger that item. However, when I switch the input source to QWERTZ (German), the ...
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Keyboard Utility: Customize Logitec MX Keys backlight without the Options+ app
Using Logitec MX Keyboard without Logitech's Options+ app. It works fine, but I can't control backlight on-duration. There are key-mapping utilities, but I can't find one for backlight control. There ...
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How to tell iterm2 to use emacs mode, not vi mode
I've recently switched from Hyper terminal (no longer maintained) to iterm2. I'm surprised that iterm2 seems to be using vi mode: instead of going to start and end of line when I press ctrl+a/ctrl+e ...
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Why does the necessary key combination to zoom in/out change while using Apple Maps?
When using Maps on my iMac, I'm able to zoom in/out using only +/- when I first open the app. However, after requesting directions to a location, I need to use CMD-(+/-) to zoom in/out, even after I ...
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Definitive way to enable ESC-key-like functionality for Obsidian on iPhone
Has anyone provided a good solution to the lack of an escape key on iPhone yet, for vim mode? I feel like this needs a definitive solution, and I’d be willing to work on it if nobody has, yet. Not an ...
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Trying to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H using Karabiner-Elements
I'm using Karabiner-Elements to remap Cmd+W to Cmd+H. (This helps prevent me from closing a window so that when I switch to the app using Cmd+Tab, the window will appear, which only happens for open ...
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Terminal: To make Option-Control keyboard shortcut work
I use the fish shell, and I added a function that expands variables like it works by default in Zsh. That is, I can type e.g. $PWD, press the keyboard shortcut, and it will be expanded to the current ...
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